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Navjot Singh, a 52-year-old finance ministry official, who was run over by a speeding BMW near Dhaula Kuan last September, was deliberately taken to a distant hospital, and the accident occurred...

New Delhi will substantially reduce tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods while continuing to protect sensitive sectors. Tariffs on some agricultural products that are not traditionally...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio focusing on cooperation in areas of trade, critical minerals, nuclear energy and...

President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from over 60 international organisations, including United Nations bodies and the India-France-led International Solar Alliance, calling the...

India is mulling various options on its engagement in the development of the strategically-located Chabahar port in Iran against the backdrop of the Trump administration threatening a 25 percent...

Every million-plus city should be required to prepare a statutory 20-year City Spatial and Economic Plan, updated every five years, with three non-negotiable elements — a transport network plan,...

This comes after the government fell short of its budgeted divestment target of about Rs 47,000 crore in FY26. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Key Points The Centre and LIC...

Duvvuri Subbarao on Monday joined as secretary, department of economic affairs, Ministry of Finance. He belongs to the 1972 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (Andhra Pradesh cadre). Prior...

'Global uncertainty is something which definitely occupies the minds of officials when we are preparing for the Budget.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the post-Budget press...

Tarun Bajaj, an old hand at the finance ministry, on Friday assumed charge as the economic affairs secretary.  He comes back to North Block at a time when the economy is facing headwinds due...